Media Literacy: Evaluate & Fact-Check

Author(ity)

Bias

Currency & Coverage

Download this guide for help:

• FactCheck

  A product of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, this site is terrific for checking up on political claims.
• Politifact

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact researches the claims of politicians and checks their accuracy.
• Snopes.com

  One of the oldest debunking sites on the Internet, Snopes.com focuses on urban legends, news stories and memes. the also cite their sources at the end of each debunking.

This TED-Ed video says basically the same thing as our ABCs of Source Evaluation guide. According to TED, credibility depends upon:

• Author Expertise (Author)
• Point of View (Bias)
• Date of Publication (Currency)